Encyclopedia of Needlework Part 47

Make the same group from right to left, only at the 3rd change of thread make 5 double knots instead of 2, and let the last knots count for the new group of bars, turned the opposite way.

[Ill.u.s.tration: FIG. 570.

OPPOSING BARS.

WORKING DETAIL OF FIG. 569.]

[Ill.u.s.tration: FIG. 571.

FORMATION OF THE KNOTS ON THE WRONG SIDE.

WORKING DETAIL OF FIG. 569.]

[Ill.u.s.tration: FIG. 572.

APPEARANCE OF THE KNOTS ON THE RIGHT SIDE.

WORKING DETAIL OF FIG. 569.]

In the middle of two opposing groups of bars, make a flat double knot with 2 of the right threads and 2 of the left.

When the second horizontal bar is finished, turn the work round, and go on working on the wrong side, making plain double knots, as in fig. 571, turned in one row, all from right to left, and in the next, from left to right.

When you have worked 10 such rows of knots, begin to make one knot less on either side of a group, so as to form pointed scallops of knots which you finish off with a plain bar.

Ta.s.sels are then made with the threads that issue from each scallop, and when these are sewn up, turn the work round to the right side, where the knots, made on the wrong side, will present the appearance indicated in fig. 572.

[Ill.u.s.tration: FIG. 573. MACRAMe FRINGE.

MATERIALS: Coton a tricoter D.M.C No. 6, Cordonnet 6 fils D.M.C Nos. 3 to 25, or Fil a pointer D.M.C Nos. 10 to 30.[A]

COLOURS: ecru, Rouge-Turc 321 and Rouge-Grenat 358 or Violet-Mauve 315 and 316, and Vert-Bouteille 494.[A]]

MACRAMe FRINGE (fig. 573).--Entire length of the threads for No. 6 of Coton a tricoter D.M.C: 65 c/m.

Knot on double threads, as in figs. 517 and 524, to count as single in the working directions = * 1 thread of red, colour 358, 3 of ecru, 1 of red, colour 358, 1 of red, colour 321, 3 of ecru, 1 of red, colour 321, and repeat from *.

1st row--6 chain knots made with every 4 threads.

2nd row--a single horizontal bar of knots.

3rd row--collecting knots, fig. 530, made with the ecru threads over the 4 dark and the 4 light red ones, and flat double knots over the 4 ecru threads.

4th row--collecting knots over 4 ecru threads with 4 red and 2 ecru threads.

5th row--collecting knots in the centre of the groups, with the ecru threads.

6th row--similar to the 4th.

7th row--similar to the 5th.

Then take the red threads on the right and left and twist them, each cl.u.s.ter separately, from left to right between the thumb and forefinger, as you do in making a cord, then unite them together, twisting them from left to right. Fasten off the cord by a knot, beneath which the ends of thread form a little ta.s.sel. Collect all the ecru threads together and make them into a heavy ta.s.sel with the aid of supplementary threads.

[Ill.u.s.tration: FIG. 574.

BORDER WITH Sh.e.l.l KNOTS.

MATERIALS: Cordonnet 6 fils D.M.C Nos. 5 to 25.[A]

COLOURS: Vert-Mousse 471 and Rouge-Cornouille 450, or Rouge-Framboise 686 and Gris-Coutil 323.[A]]

BORDER WITH Sh.e.l.l KNOTS (figs. 574, 575, 576, 577).--Fill the macrame shuttles with the requisite length of thread. Knot the threads on, as in fig. 520, in the following order; 1 double thread of colour 471, 6 double threads of colour 450, 2 of colour 471, 6 of colour 450, 1 of colour 471.

From left to right and over the 1st thread: 1 double knot with the 2nd thread; over the 4th thread of colour 450, and from right to left, double knots with the 3rd, 2nd and 1st thread of the same colour = from left to right: 1 double knot with the 6th thread of colour 450 over the 5th, and with the 3rd thread over the 2nd = from right to left: 5 double knots over the 8th thread of colour 450 = from left to right: 1 double knot over the 10th thread, 1 double knot over the 5th thread, 1 double knot over the 1st thread = from right to left: 7 double knots over the 12th thread = from left to right: 3 detached double knots.

Then, from left to right, and subsequently from right to left = with 6 green threads: 2 double bars slanting over the 2 red threads (see the top of fig. 577); unite the 4 red threads in the middle and make a sh.e.l.l knot with them, fig. 575, consisting of 6 flat knots, fig. 576; take 2 threads on the right and 2 on the left, turn them down to the left and right, and then from the wrong side to the right, over the threads that come from the bars and close with a flat knot. On the sides, make double bars and between each bar, 2 single chain knots.

[Ill.u.s.tration: FIG. 575. LARGE Sh.e.l.l KNOT, OPEN.

WORKING DETAIL OF FIG. 574.]

[Ill.u.s.tration: FIG. 576. LARGE Sh.e.l.l KNOT, SHUT.

WORKING DETAIL OF FIG. 574.]

[Ill.u.s.tration: FIG. 577. OPENWORK PART OF FIG. 574.]

Fill the empty s.p.a.ces under the outside sh.e.l.l knots, with 9 flat double knots; under the middle knot make bars of inter-crossed knots, of which a clear explanation will be found in fig. 577.

To join two borders of the kind together, pa.s.s the thread of the second border over the thread on which the bar in the middle of the outer scallop is knotted.

FRINGE WITH Sh.e.l.l KNOTS (fig. 578).--Entire length of the single threads for No. 12 of Coton a tricoter D.M.C: 90 c/m.

[Ill.u.s.tration: FIG. 578. FRINGE WITH Sh.e.l.l KNOTS.

MATERIALS: Coton a tricoter D.M.C Nos. 6 to 15.

COLOURS: ecru and Rouge-Turc 321.]

The threads must be taken double, counting as one. Knot them on, as in fig. 524. This exceedingly effective pattern is a very simple one to work and can easily be copied from the engraving by following, for the bars, figs. 537 to 544; for the collecting knots fig. 530, for the large sh.e.l.l knots figs. 575 and 576, and for the chain of flat double knots, fig. 536 detail _a_.

The ta.s.sels that complete the fringe must depend from the last collecting knot and hang between the triple bars of knots and beneath the collecting knot.

[Ill.u.s.tration: FIG. 579. MACRAMe BORDER OR FRINGE. MATERIALS: Cordonnet 6 fils D.M.C Nos. 10 to 20, Fil a dentelle D.M.C Nos. 25 to 50, or Fil a pointer D.M.C No. 30.[A] COLOURS: ecru, Rouge-Turc 321 and Bleu-Indigo 312.[A]]

MACRAMe BORDER OR FRINGE (fig. 579).--Entire length of the threads for No. 10 of Cordonnet 6 fils D.M.C: 170 c/m.

1st row--knot on the threads with double round picots, and one horizontal double bar. The colours should succeed each other as follows: * 4 blue scallops, 4 ecru, 5 red, 4 ecru, repeat from *.